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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=538395" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>De Papineau Gun</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">AN INCIDENT OF THE CANADIAN REBELLION OF 1837.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Bon jour, M'sieu'--you want to know<br>'Bout dat ole gun--w'at good she's for?<br>W'y! Jean Bateese Bruneau--mon pere,<br>Fight wit' dat gun on Pap'neau War!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Long tam since den you say--C'est vrai,<br>An' me too young for 'member well,<br>But how de patriot fight an' die,<br>I offen hear de ole folk tell.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">De English don't ack square dat tam,<br>Don't geev de habitants no show,<br>So 'long come Wolfred Nelson<br>Wit' Louis Joseph Papineau.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">An' swear de peep mus' have deir right.<br>Wolfred he's write Victoriaw,<br>But she's no good, so den de war<br>Commence among de habitants.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Mon pere he leev to Grande Brulé<br>So smarter man you never see,<br>Was alway on de grande hooraw!<br>Plaintee w'at you call 'Esprit!'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">An' w'en dey form wan compagnie<br>All dress wit' tuque an' ceinture sash<br>Ma fader tak' hees gun wit' heem<br>An' marche away to Saint Eustache,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">W'ere many patriots was camp<br>Wit' brave Chenier, deir Capitaine,<br>W'en 'long come English Generale,<br>An' more two t'ousan' sojer man.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">De patriot dey go on church<br>An' feex her up deir possibill;<br>Dey fight deir bes', but soon fin' out<br>'Canon de bois' no good for kill.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">An' den de church she come on fire,<br>An' burn almos' down to de groun',<br>So w'at you t'ink our man can do<br>Wit' all dem English armee roun'?</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Poleon, hees sojer never fight<br>More brave as dem poor habitants,<br>Chenier, he try for broke de rank<br>Chenier come dead immediatement.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He fall near w'ere de cross is stan'<br>Upon de ole church cimitiere,<br>Wit' Jean Poulin an' Laframboise<br>An' plaintee more young feller dere.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">De gun dey rattle lak' tonnere<br>Jus' bang, bang, bang! dat's way she go,<br>An' wan by wan de brave man's fall<br>An' red blood's cover all de snow.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ma fader shoot so long he can<br>An' den he's load hees gun some more,<br>Jomp on de ice behin' de church<br>An' pass heem on de 'noder shore.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Wall! he reach home fore very long<br>An' keep perdu for many day,<br>Till ev'ry t'ing she come tranquille,<br>An' sojer man all gone away.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">An' affer dat we get our right,<br>De Canayens don't fight no more,<br>Ma fader's never shoot dat gun,<br>But place her up above de door.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">An' Papineau, an' Nelson too<br>Dey're gone long tam, but we are free,<br>Le Bon Dieu have 'em 'way up dere.<br>Salut, Wolfred! Salut, Louis!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Henry+Drummond">William Henry Drummond</a><div class=q>
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Bon jour, M'sieu'--you want to know
'Bout dat ole gun--w'at good she's for?
W'y! Jean Bateese Bruneau--mon pere,
Fight wit' dat gun on Pap'neau War!

Long tam since den you say--C'est vrai,
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